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Maple Ridge goalieJeff Smith enjoys aphenomenal rookie

year playing inPowell River…

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Cruise for Your Cause organizer Travis Bowering held his four-year-old daughter Sophie as he leaned against his 1972 VW Super Beetle. On April 26, the Super Beetle will bea part of a convoy of cars that will traverse through the Lower Mainland to raise funds for a variety of causes.

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Super Beetleowner leadsCruise convoyTravis Bowering is inviting drivers,whether they’re behind the wheelof a muscle car or a mini van, tojoin him for Cruise for Your Cause.by Troy [email protected]

For Travis Bowering, the memory ofhis dad, Larry, resonates more stronglythan ever.

Each spring, the Pitt Meadows resi-dent and owner of a 1972 VolkswagenSuper Beetle pays tribute to his fatherthrough Cruise for Your Cause, amemorial car cruise along LowerMainland roadways.

“It’s for me to remember my dad,and my family comes out from Alberta,and they all do the drive, as well,”Bowering said. “It also gives everyoneelse an opportunity to come out andalmost do the same thing, in a sense.”

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After a long wait, two PittMeadows families will waitlonger for their day in court.by Eric [email protected]

Two Pitt Meadows familieshave learned when they will gettheir chance to appeal a judge’sdecision surrounding the deathof their children, four frustrating,painful years after the fact.

“The appeal date is October

16,” said Debbie Dyer.It was Oct. 19, 2010, when

Debbie’s daughter Beckieand her boyfriend JohnnyDe Oliveira, driving downthe Lougheed Highway, werekilled when Andelina KristinaHecimovic’s car hit them.

Police said the couple werekilled on impact; Hecimovic wasinjured but survived.

Things got worse for thefamilies when Hecimovic wasacquitted on two counts of dan-gerous driving causing death.

Since then, the Dyers, De

Oliveiras, and a group of friendshave been fighting the decision.

They were met with somesuccess in October 2013, whenB.C.’s Criminal Justice branchannounced it would appeal thejudge’s decision.

“It’s frustrating because now,by the time the appeal is evenheard, it will have been fouryears since the accident,” Dyersaid. “Who knows how long thatdecision will take.”

Dyer recognizes the possibilitythat the original decision couldstand: “but hopefully not.”

“People lost their lives and she[Hecimovic] walked out scot-freewith no fine, no nothing.”

Dyer said such extensivedelays need to be looked at bythe criminal justice system.

She added the whole processhas been aggravating: “There’sno stepping forward until youget this heard all over again, andit’s heartbreaking every time.”

The process won’t bringBeckie and Johnny back, butDyer said that if the families ofcan “un-set the precedent” set inthe Hecimovic decision, “maybe

we can save somebody else’slife, and people will understandit’s not okay to go out and dothings like this.”

Audrey De Oliveira, Johnny’smother, said, “There havealways been accidents andpeople killing and dying, but thishas to stop.”

She said they hope that theycan help other families throughsimilar circumstances.

“We’re not going away,” sheadded. “This is going to be withus forever.”

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Verdict appealedA murdered woman’s family is still

waiting for closure, 12 years after herbody was found dumped in Stave Fallsstuffed in a suitcase. Amanda Zhoa livedin Burnaby and disappeared in October,2002. Her boyfriend, Ang Li, and hiscousin were charged in relation to themurder but they had left the country. Liwas found guilty in a Chinese court, butis appealing the verdict.


Crowd remembersWes Foulds’ family was “amazed” to

see how many people braved the winterweather this weekend to help remem-ber a man who disappeared five yearsago. At least 60 people gathered at theHayward Lake picnic area Saturday nightfor a candlelight vigil in Foulds’ honour.The family continues to try to figureout what happened to Foulds, who dis-appeared on March 4, 2009.


Club showcases rocksThe Maple Ridge Lapidary Club has

been holding rock and gem shows sincethe 1950s – and recently held one at thePitt Meadows Heritage Hall.


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zest can add flavour to cooking and canalso be used as garnishes, explains ChefDez in his latest column. And he alsoexplains why having the right tool to peelcitrus fruits is also an important part ofthe cooking process.


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At least 60 people attended a vigil for WesFoulds at the Hayward Lake Saturday.

Teachers have beenwithout a contractsince last June.

by Maria [email protected]

Teachers across B.C.voted 89 per cent infavour of taking strikeaction and Maple RidgeTeachers’ Associationpresident George Serra said thatis close to what the local resultwas as well.

The vote took place last weekfrom Tuesday to Thursday, andthe results were released onThursday evening.

“I think 89 per centindicates a prettystrong strike man-date,” Serra said.

The teachers have90 days to issue a 72-hour-strike notice.

Teachers have beenwithout a contractsince their two-yearcontract ended inJune.

Teachers wantto focus on teach-ing, Serra said, and

whether they decide to actuallytake job action – which hasto be approved by the LabourRelations Board first – is“dependent on progress at thebargaining table.”

If they do go on strike, the first

phase wouldn’t affect teaching,Serra said, rather it would mostlikely be a refusal to do super-vision and to meet with admin-istration.

The second phase might berotating strikes, for example, dis-trict by district, Serra continued.

Education minister PeterFassbender said he respects theprocess of collective bargain-ing, where “both employers andunions have tools available toincrease pressure at the bargain-ing table.”

“A strike vote does createadditional uncertainty for stu-dents, parents, support workers,and teachers,” he added. “That’sprecisely why we need long-termstability in our schools and whywe need to pursue a long-term

agreement at the bargainingtable.”

Fassbender said the employers’bargaining team tabled a 6.5-per-cent wage increase in the firstsix years, and that class size andcomposition are on the bargain-ing table.

“We will continue to seek along-term agreement that’s fairfor teachers, affordable for tax-payers, and that puts the inter-ests of students first,” he said.

But Serra said the union wouldlike a discussion that com-pares teachers’ salaries acrossthe country, adding that B.C.teachers are paid less than theircounterparts across Canada.

“We’re looking for acknow-ledgement on how far we’vefallen behind,” he said.

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Alouette Addictions and the hospitalfoundation will benefit from a recentfundraiser in Maple Ridge.by Maria [email protected]

Food, wine, and meeting old friends– these were the highlights of the SouthAsian gala last week for Ed Gurm.

The Maple Ridge man who was incharge of the entertainment lineup at theRidge Meadows South Asian CulturalSociety’s annual gala – held at the seniorscentre on March 1 – was very happy withthe turnout and the evening’s events.

“It was fantastic,” he said. “It is gettingbetter and better every year.”

The gala has been held for seven years,and this year it raised about $10,000,which this will go to two local non-profit agencies: Alouette AddictionsServices and the Ridge Meadows HospitalFoundation.

The South Asian society likes to sup-port various charities that might notget enough funding, which is why thefundraiser is organized every year, Gurmexplained.

They want to help people get “back ontrack” and “on their feet,” he said, whichis why Alouette Addictions was chosen asone of the beneficiaries.

“[Helping agencies] makes our societybetter,” he added. “If we can help oneaddicted person... that’s what our motiveis.”

About 250 people were at the gala, andGurm said he saw familiar faces as wellas new ones.

Gurm, who belongs to the South Asiancultural society, said he met someone hehadn’t seen in a couple decades at thegala.

“It was kind of nice getting to seepeople and how well they are doing,” hesaid.

The society tries to keep the tickets,which sell for $95, affordable for every-one, Gurm said, and this is due in part tothe sponsors they get for the gala.

Gurm said he wanted to express a “spe-cial thanks” to the sponsors of the event.

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The Ridge Meadows South Asian Society held a gala at the seniors centre,to raise money for non-profit agencies. Children also took part in theentertainment.

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A house in Haney was deceptively quiet at the front while police arrested suspects in the back after executing asearch warrant.

A women was injured in downtownMaple Ridge on Saturday evening.

A 78-year-old female pedestrian wasseriously injured after she was struckby a car on Saturday evening in MapleRidge.

Ridge Meadows RCMP were calledto the area of Dewdney Trunk Road atGarden Street at about 7 p.m.

The pedestrian suffered leg and headinjuries and was transported by ambu-lance to hospital.

The pedestrian is listed as being in ser-ious but stable condition.

“We have spoken to witnesses, and[are] investigating whether or not thepedestrian was using a crosswalk at thetime,” said Ridge Meadows RCMP Const.Mike Moore. “The driver of the car suf-

fered minor injuries and was treated atthe scene.”

The road was closed in both directionsfrom 224th to 222nd street until 10:30p.m. as traffic service RCMP investigated,Moore explained

Anyone who may have witnessed thecollision is asked to contact Const. BruceTrotzuk at 604-467-7664. The investiga-tion into the crash is continuing.

House raidedRidge Meadows RCMP raided a house

at St. Anne Avenue and 223rd Street onWednesday around 2 p.m. and arrestedfive people after getting a search war-rant based on the Controlled Drugsand Substances Act. Three people werereleased without charges and two remainunder investigation.

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Parents can teach children what’s hap-pening in the world byattending Fred Penner’sconcert at The ACT inMaple Ridge on Thursday,March 13.

Penner has been a popu-lar children’s entertainersince his career took offin the 1980s, and he hasperformed at The ACTmultiple times.

Teacher Dawn Flanaganhas been coaching KanakaElementary students toperform with Penner.

Penner has created12 children’s albums,composed the music forAPTN/YTV’s Tipi Talesand starred in his own CBC show for 13years called Fred Penner’s Place.

Penner will be performing his first newfamily album in over a decade calledWhere in the World, which is beingreleased by Tru North Records.

“[The album] speaks to children aboutwhat’s happening in the world and theimportance of positive messages,” hesaid.

The title track of the album calledWhere in the World is based on Penner’strip to Zambia with World Vision manyyears ago, which emphasized to himthe importance of helping children get a

sense of their own iden-tity.

“It’s trying to bring inthe audience to a per-spective of who they are,where they are, and whatthey are doing in theworld,” he said.

Before creating musicPenner worked withtroubled youth, which pro-vided him with an under-standing of the trauma ofchild abuse and the abilityof music to heal.

“The songs that I tend towrite now and for most ofmy creative career, havetried to touch on very

personal aspects of development,” saidPenner.

The performance on March 13 at TheACT is at 7 p.m. For tickets, go to www.theactmapleridge.org.• More online at www.mrtimes.com, search “Penner”

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Fred Penner performs at The ACTon Thursday.

by Roxanne [email protected]

Jesse Sidhu has left his position as theexecutive director of the chamber.

Sidhu, who was at the Maple Ridge &Pitt Meadows Chamber of Commerce forthe past few years, has tendered his resig-nation, confirmed president Terry Becker.

He informed the board of directors he’sleaving “effective immediately” but willremain involved in an advisory role untilthe end of the month.

“My mission was to revive the chamberof commerce and transform it back intoa well-respected business organization,”Sidhu said.

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OpinionA6 Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Our View

Government’srecycling policybiggest threat toB.C. newspapers

British Columbians have every rightto be proud of our world-leading recyc-ling program, built right here in thisprovince.

The achievement of the mightyBlue Box is the product of an efficientpartnership between municipal govern-ments, the privatesector, and thepeople of BritishColumbia. It gets thejob done, and at anaverage cost of $35per household eachyear, it gets the jobdone at a good price.

So, if the systemfor recycling wastepackaging is work-ing so well, whyis the province sokeen to “fix it” and hand it over to thevery multi-national corporations whoshipped us all that packaging in the firstplace?

It sounds remarkable, but that isexactly what the provincial governmentis doing. On May 19, the government’snew multi-material recycling regula-tion will formally end the days of localdecision-making over our Blue Boxprograms, and hand it to some of thelargest producers of plastic and paperpackaging the world has ever known.

Critical decisions about the prov-ince’s recycling program will no longerbe made by elected representatives wholive in the communities those programsserve, but instead by a group made upalmost entirely of Toronto-based execu-tives of multinational companies whowill decide who will pay how much forthe privilege of collecting and process-ing your recyclables.

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I was at my Facebook brows-ing, I was Twittering and grous-ing

O’er the dearth of homelesshousing and the burden that theybore,

When amidst my wildcantank’ring I befelt a deepfelthank’ring,

A stirring sort of hank’ring forold Edgar Allen’s lore.

It was from this dark depres-sion that a maundering regression

Stirred within me an accessionto reread him, nothing more.

But as I read those words of Poe’s, words ofeloquence and prose,

Becoming buried in the woes of the Raven’s“nevermore,”

I befelt a gladness slowing and a madness, sad-ness growing;

In my soul it was bestowing dark’ningthoughts of his Lenore

And society’s loud grousing, seldom doing,always grousing

O’er the dearth of homeless housing and theburden that they bore.

Now these words, they come betwixt us, twixtthe arrogance that picked us,

Fixed us, never kicked us to the dark side oflife’s war,

Never stole our soul from in us, not with drugsnor mental illness,

To where the dark would ever lure us and adark mayor could manure us,

Claiming such an act might cure us and theburden that we bore.

Now despite the condemnation, the contamin-ant relation

Of the fecal trepidation strips our souls downto the core.

It’s a signal from the leaders we choose, cheat-ers, bottom feeders,

That we’re bleeders, moaning bleaters, emptypleaders, nothing more.

We don’t stem them, barelyhem them or condemn them andtheir phlegm that

They cast in our directionwhere our fading insurrectionthey ignore.

We’re the masses that are hud-dled, so easily befuddled that thepoliticians play us

For the simple fools we are andnothing more.

Between us and the homelesslies a chasm of statistics, a dullgrey line betwixt us,

A fading line betwixt us, very nearly naughtbetwixt us, from our leaders it’s

Just one step to the homeless and the burdensthat they bore.

I cannot help my wondering if Poe’s Lenorewas wandering

Among the homeless, wandering with thehomeless and the burdens that they bore

And was she ever wondering a soul-decayingwondering

Like Edgar Allen’s maundering that burnedwithin his core?

Are we destined thus to wonder, destined thusto wander with our souls

Into the shadows of the homeless, of the sadlyhardened homeless and the burdens that theybore?

We can always build them shelters, temporarybeds and shelters,

Places we perceive as shelters, but they’re forour own protection, nothing more.

And some among us, caring, sharing, buildingbridges more than shelters,

Win our plaudits, though it’s odd it’s throughour audits

That we limit what they do and what it’s for.

Should you wonder how God sees us, justrecall the words of Jesus,

Through our faults it’s that they seize us:“They’ll be with us evermore.”

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Odd Thoughtsby Bob Groeneveld

All the burdens that we bore

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Dear Editor,Mr. Gordon Robson wrote

a column [Heather HillsFarm has fallen, March 4Just Saying, TIMES] regard-ing the Heather Hills GolfCourse.

He has used his columnto present his side of thestory. I would like to outlinethe facts with respect to thisissue.

Over the past year, theDistrict of Maple Ridge has

been engaged in a legalaction against Gordon andMary Robson over the oper-ation of a public,commercial golfcourse that is locatedon property that isnot legally zonedfor that use. It’s thatsimple.

The legal actioninitiated by theDistrict is about fairness toother landowners. This is

about requiring the HeatherHills Golf Course to complywith the same laws and

requirements as anyother public, com-mercial golf coursein the District thatis zoned properlyand is abiding by theDistrict bylaws.

Gordon and MaryRobson have always

had the option available tothem to apply to the Districtfor a zoning change and gothrough due public processand consideration by coun-cil to make their golf coursecompliant with the zon-ing bylaws, and they havechosen not to do so.

The Agricultural LandCommission sent corres-pondence to Mr. Robson’slegal counsel on Jan. 30,2013, relating to the place-ment of sand on the prop-erty, and the property’sstatus as a golf course.

I provide the followingquote from that letter:

“Although the Commissiondid provide authorization forthe importation of sand, thiswas under the advisement,by your client, that the sandwould be used to improvethe hazelnut orchard. Noapproval, tacit or otherwise,has been provided for thegolf course, and it remains anon-farm use.”

The District has issueda business licence to theHeather Hills Farm SocietyInc. for the last severalyears for the selling of hea-ther and hazelnuts to tour-ists.

Mr. Robson was themayor of this communityfor three years and shouldknow the rules and the pro-cess to apply for the appro-priate zoning on the HeatherHills Golf Course lands.

The Robsons have nowindicated that they will stopusing their land as a publicgolf course. It is unfortu-nate that the District had toresort to legal proceedingsto obtain compliance withits bylaws.

Yes, enough is enough,and the Mayor and Councilhave taken a stand onGordon and Mary Robsonstaying within the legalrequirements that pertainto all property owners inMaple Ridge.

Mayor Ernie Daykin,Maple Ridge

Heather Hills Golf Course

Mayor has other side of story

LettersLetterstothe

Editor

Heather Hills

Community resource closedDear Editor,

It is with great sadness that I learned about the passingof a pillar in our community. I am not referring to a person,but the Heather Hills Golf Course [Heather Hills Farm hasfallen, March 4 Just Saying, TIMES].

The Robson family spent untold hours and funds to cre-ate an oasis in our small area of the province, only to seeit fall to bureaucratic stupidity. Surely the taxpayer-fundedauthorities who make the decisions have better things to dothan to shut down a community resource such as this.

I thought we were wanting to encourage recreation andexercise for our society, not limit it.

Dean Cousins, Maple Ridge[Note: Find more letters on this topic online at www.

mrtimes.com. Click on Opinion/Letters.]

• TIMES columnist Gordy Robson announcedin the pages of this paper last week that he’swalking away from a battle with the munici-pality over the operation of Heather Hills golfcourse. He’s closed the golf course and announced he’sselling the farm. Since then, Mayor Ernie Daykin hasreplied. Now readers are chiming in, too.

“So sad. Great spot to golf and enjoy times with friends.”– Christina Norrie

“Change is sometimes needed for a community to grow andprosper.” – Brenda Garcia“Two set of rule[s] in hall; unfair is way this city works for$$$$.” – Binder Khunhun“So unfortunate for the Robson family. Hope you sell yourhome quickly and rebuild a positive future from all thisunfairness.” – Jennifer Howe“I don’t think [Ernie Daykin’s] letter proves anything otherthan council seems to have an influence on zoning when itsuits them.” – Melanie Williams“The mayor needs to leave office and open up a WindsorPlywood store where he could serve the people better,cause he ain’t doing it now.” – Larry Bremner“Good thing the corn maze is in Pitt Meadows!”

– William Robson“In my opinion, the Robsons pulled the plug on the wholething and are now preparing to sell off [their] holdings inWebster’s Corners. So, where is the Gordy versus Ernieissue. Go home Ernie, it is over.” – Nel Joostema

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Dear Editor,It boggles the mind that

the federal government

denied such an importanteconomic catalyst as theNew Prosperity mine.

B.C.’s share of the NewProsperity mine’s revenuewould have been in thebillions, not to mention allof the spinoff economicactivity and jobs that wouldhave also resulted.

Rejecting the projectmakes no sense.Sandra Robinson, Maple Ridge[Note: A fuller version of

this letter is online at www.mrtimes.com. Click onOpinion/Letters, or search thewriter’s name.]

Mining

Understanding lacking in Prosperity denial

Money

Rich and poor good and badDear Editor,

There is a problem when one cannot acknowledge thegood that people do, just because they are wealthy. Is ita crime to be successful? Both wealthy and poor includegreedy and dishonourable. Both include generous and kind.

It serves no purpose to divide people.Cherryl Katnich, Maple Ridge

A8 Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows [email protected]

Local control ceded to Toronto CEOs…continued from page A6

The consequencewill be a dramaticincrease in costs forBritish Columbia’s busi-nesses, particularly theprovince’s newspapers.In fact, we estimate thatthe newspaper industryis threatened with a billthat could come to $14million. That is a dra-matic increase when youconsider that newspapersaren’t required to payproduct stewardship feestoday, directly.

Newspapers, like allbusinesses, pay for thoseservices the same way allBritish Columbians do:through property taxes.

That doesn’t meannewspapers haven’t beenparticipating in recyclingand the environment, farfrom it.

In fact, newspapersare the original recycledproduct, and publishershave taken steps, suchas moving to vegetable-based inks, to minimizethe environmental impactof our product. Diversionrates for newsprint are aremarkable 85 per cent,already well above thegovernment’s own target.

The government’snew recycling regula-tion wouldn’t do a thingto improve newspapers’already impressive recyc-ling record. What it willdo, however, is dump amassive new cost ontothe back of a fragileindustry still challengedto stay standing.

While our reader-ship is stronger thanever, British Columbia’snewspapers are strug-gling financially. HavingVictoria force a $14-mil-lion tax on newspapersin the current environ-ment looks an awful lotlike someone throwingan anchor to a drowningperson.

Sadly, every singlenewspaper, from largeregional dailies to thesmallest communityweekly, in every partof the province, will beimpacted.

Indeed, there is nogreater threat to thevibrancy of B.C.’s news-paper industry today thanthe government’s newrecycling policy. Thinkabout that for a minutewhile enjoying your nextread. It is your dailynewspaper, your com-munity weekly, that is atrisk here.

But the new recyclingregime will not onlycause a wave of dam-

age and job losses acrossnewsrooms everywhere,it will also have animpact on many otherbusinesses, as well asthousands of municipaljobs that will be put atrisk with the loss of localdecision-making for ourrecycling programs.

And don’t believe fora minute that this willsomehow help B.C. fam-ilies. The reality is thatthese costs will be passedon to consumers, whowill now pay for the costof recycling every timethey have a box of pizzadelivered, pick up a car-ton of milk, or buy a rollof toilet paper.

The government stillhasn’t said what was sowrong with the currentBlue Box program thatthey could only fix it byhurting local businessesand costing hard-workingpeople their jobs.

Yet, in spite of havingno clear rationale, theprovince seems intenton gambling away thesuccess of the Blue Boxwith an experiment insomething they like tocall “extended producerresponsibility.”

The ironic truth,of course, is that thegovernment’s new hands-off approach actuallyrepresents an abdicationof responsibility, not itsextension.

As a result, decisionsabout nearly every aspectof our recycling systemwill be handed over to asmall group of big busi-nesses based thousandsof kilometres east of theRockies.

British Columbia’senvironment minister

may think that’s just fine,but I suspect the peopleof British Columbia mighthave a different opinion.

Peter Kvarnstrom isChair of the CanadianNewspaper Association anda B.C. newspaper publisher.He is also President, B.C.Operations, of Glacier MediaGroup, which includes theMaple Ridge & Pitt MeadowsTimes.

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Raeanne Schachter photos

During the Pitt Meadows Fire & Rescue service awards

on March 1, Brian Harper (above centre) was honoured

as firefighter of the year, while (below right) Juan

Ferreyro was given a special recognition award. These

awards were presented by fire chief Don Jolley (above

left) and Pitt Meadows Mayor Deb Walters.

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Maple Ridge Councillor Corisa Bell(right) was at the Ridge Meadows South

Asian Cultural Society’s gala with herdaugher Kaylyn. Meanwhile, Maple

Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA Doug Bingand his wife Helen (below) werealso at the gala held at the Ridge

Meadows Seniors Centre on Saturday,March 1. The event raised money for

the Alouette Addictions and RidgeMeadows Hospital Foundation.

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Frank Quinn, general manager of public works with the District of

Maple Ridge, his wife Lynne, Kelly Swift, general manager of parks and

leisure services, Supt. Dave Fleugel with the Ridge Meadows RCMP,

and Sandy Blue with the District’s economic development office were

at the recent Ridge Meadows South Asian Cultural Society’s gala.

Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

Showcasing someof this community’speople and happenings

March 11: SongStage• SongStage is hosted by local song-writer Ivan Boudreau from 7 to 9p.m. and features artists Stone Poetsat The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl.

March 11 to April 15: Films• Maple Ridge Library will showdocumentary films on Tuesdays,from March 11 to April 15 at 6 p.m.Info: 604-467-7417.

March 11: Whonnock Weavers• Whonnock Weavers and SpinnersGuild hosts a free spin-in at TheACT from 7 to 9 p.m.

March 12: Gogos• Golden Ears Gogos meet at 6:30p.m. in the Fraser Room, MapleRidge Library, 22470 DewdneyTrunk Rd. Info: Lynn Rajala [email protected] or 604-467-1235.

March 12: Support group• Parkinson’s Support Group meetsfrom 2 to 4 p.m. at the seniorscentre, 12150 224th St. Info: PetaPurdy at 604-463-1332 or [email protected], or Edith Elliott at 604-463-6018 or [email protected].

March 13: Fred Penner• Fred Penner joins the choir ofKanaka Creek Elementary at TheACT, 11944 Haney Pl., Maple Ridge.at 7 p.m. Tickets are $13. For tick-ets and info, visit www.theactmap-leridge.org or call 604-476-2787.

March 13: Ex-service women• Ridge Meadows Ex-ServiceWomen’s Club meets at the RoyalCanadian Legion, 12101 224th St.,Maple Ridge. They are having lunchat noon and a meeting at 1 p.m.

March 13: Literacy• The literacy committee is review-ing its strategic plan from 1 to 3p.m. at the CEED Centre, 11739223rd St. RSVP: [email protected].

March 14: Culture Fest• Culture Fest, a free event at TheACT, runs from 4 to 9 p.m. and fea-tures Ache Brasil.

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Staff and trustees gave a sendoff to outgoing superintendent Jan Unwin (bottom

row, third from left), who was in the position for five years in the Maple Ridge-

Pitt Meadows school district. Sending her off were (back row) executive assistant

Karen Yoxall, trustee Kathy Marshall, board chair Mike Murray, trustees Ken

Clarkson, Eleanor Palis, and Susan Carr, acting superintendent Laurie Meston,

communications manager Irena Pochop, and (bottom row) trustee Dave

Rempel, secretary-treasurer Flavia Coughlan, and trustee Sarah Nelson.

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A10 Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times

A giant, donated TV was stolenfrom a seniors complex insmash-and-grab-style theft

by Eric [email protected]

A recent theft has residents of alocal senior’s complex concerned.

In the early morning hours ofMarch 2, the alarm system at theRidge Meadows Senior Centre wastriggered as a result of a break-in.

By the time police and a repre-sentative from the building’s secur-ity company arrived on site, theburglars had already escaped withtheir prize: a 60-inch flat-screen TV,that had been donated to the centreas part of building renovations lastspring.

“Basically, it was a smash andgrab,” said Gaetan Rutherford, pres-ident of the Ridge Meadows SeniorSociety.

The TV was located in the com-munity-use room, right beside thebuilding’s main entrance.

The room itself also features aset of entrance doors, which are nolonger used.

And it was these doors the thievessmashed to gain access to the TV.

However, Rutherford added, they

would have to have come prepared,as the TV was bolted to the wall.

And thus far, there are no suspectsor leads in the case.

“There was a witness in the build-ing across the parking lot that saidthey saw a black van with two orthree guys that werein the parking lot,”Rutherford explained.

She also noted thateven though policesaid it snowed thatmorning, there wereno snow tracks tofollow.

“So I don’t know.”The broken

doors have sincebeen replaced, butRutherford specu-lated that the fact theTV was in such plainview from the out-side, may have partof what prompted the break-in.

Rutherford also said the changingface of the neighbourhood couldhave been a contributing factor.

She pointed to the sale of theLegion Towers nearby, as anexample. ‘That has now become avery mixed bag of tenants,” she said,adding, “and a lot of them are prettysketchy.”

Rutherford isn’t holding out much

hope for the TV’s return, though.“We’re never going to find that

TV,” she said. “And I’m prettysure we’re not going to get anotherTV until our security system isupgraded.”

She said the timing was somewhatironic, sincefor about thepast month,she has beentaking stock ofthe building’ssecurity andthe neighbour-hood in whichit’s located,all in an effortto provide abetter securitysystem.

She said that,thanks to thetheft, she nowhas a “valid

argument that says, ‘Let’s get onthat.’”

Rutherford said residents of the55-plus building are “pissed off andangry” about the theft.

But she also said some residentshave become more aware that “theworld they’re living in now, isn’t theworld they used to live in.”

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Meet-up time is 9 a.m.The vehicles leave thefoundation’s parking lot at9:30 a.m. sharp.

Similar to the pasttwo years, 34-year-oldBowering will be joined byother members of the carcommunity, who, throughfundraising efforts leadingup to the mass convoy,support charities of theirchoice.

Through the fundraiser,Bowering has met peoplewho are also dealing withthe loss of a loved one.

“I’ve heard quite a fewstories of people losinga parent, having anotherloved one in their familywho have been strugglingor who have been lost tocancer or other variousthings,” he said.

“They’re sharing similarstories and coming outto re-live the memory [oftheir loved one] and keepit alive and strong, aswell.”

The inaugural cruise, in2012, took place nearly ayear after Larry’s death.

Larry was an avid carbuff who circuit racedopen-wheel dirt-track carsand quarter-mile Willys.Through the years, manyvehicles were part of hiscollection. Among his prideand joy was a 1967 MalibuSS.

As well, for 30 years,Larry was a volunteer fire-fighter in Millet, Alta.

All the while, he suf-fered through many yearsof struggling with healthissues including kidneyfailure and kidney trans-plants.

Larry was on dialysis forroughly five years beforehis kidney transplant,which lasted 12 years.After that kidney failed,Larry was back on dialysisfor three more years beforehis death April 25, 2011.

Like his dad, Bowering isa motoring enthusiast. He’sbeen involved in dirt bik-ing, 4x4’ing, hot-roddingand, for the past five-and-a-half years, autocross.

And for the past twoyears, he’s taken his brightyellow Super Beetle out fora drive during the annualfundraiser.

The 2013 event was a222-kilometre drive aroundMetro Vancouver.

It went well, despite notbeing an ideal day for adrive, Bowering said.

With rain cascadingdown on them, 80 cars hitthe roadways at differenttimes of the day, including61 to start at the KidneyFoundation headquarters.

A total of $7,900 in totaldonation dollars wereraised in support of 25unique charities. At theend of the drive, 31 carsfinished the day at IonaBeach near VancouverInternational Airport.

“It was very wet,unfortunately,” Bowering

said. “The weather didn’tco-operate, but it was agood turnout of cars.”

The more the Cruisegrows, the tougher itbecomes for one personto organize, which is whyBowering is delegatingresponsibilities to others.

But he said all the hardwork put into promotingand putting on the event isworth it in the end.

“I just like doing it everyyear for Dad, of course,”he said. “It keeps his mem-ory alive, keeps me doingsomething in memory of

him, and it’s just fun to geta large gathering of carsand then go for a drive.”

Follow the event onFacebook and to contactBowering, email [email protected].

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Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times Tuesday, March 11, 2014 A11Health & Wellness • The Good Life

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When happy in semishade with seasonal rainavailable, single snowdropsexpand fromseed andfrom offsets.

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The Giant Snowdrop canhandle a sunny spot bet-ter than the others. Oncesnowdrops go dormant,drought is no problem norare high summer temper-atures.

Like some other bulbs,snowdrops produce ‘drop-pers.’ These are nature’ssurvival plan: a deep-downbulb connected to an upperbulb by a tough verticalroot.

If the upper bulb dies,the lower bulb replaces theplant. Once I came acrossa dropper string of threeGalanthus nivalis bulbs.

The Snow Crocuses gottheir name from their ten-dency to pop up throughsnow. One of the earli-est is the golden Crocus

anacyrensis,but Crocuschrysanthusand its selec-tions suchas Blue Pearland CreamBeauty aren’tfar behind.All are verysmall, butwhen leftalone cangrow into

huge drifts.Unfortunately, they’re

seldom left alone becausethey’re a favourite squirrelmunchie. But it’s still pos-sible to have a lawn car-peted with crocus flowers,if you choose Crocustomasinianus.

Selections include theassertively purple RubyGiant, the gentler Barr’sPurple, and the pale pur-ple, grey-backed species.

All are absolutely squir-

rel-proof. This crocus isfrankly invasive, but it’sdelightful to find crocusblooms in unexpectedplaces when almost noth-ing else is flowering.

The bulbs are tiny andhave inconspicuous leaves.

Then there’s the Januaryflowering hardy Cyclamencoum.

Flowers are delicatelypink or white, and whenit’s happy it colonizeslawns. The low-growing,patterned leaves emerge inearly fall and remain untilMay when it goes dormant.

Drought and heavylawnmowers don’t botherit. But good drainage isimportant which may bewhy it’s very happy undercedars.

Usually Iris reticulataputs up flowers by mid-February. It’s a very dwarfiris which likes the brighterlight at the edge of borders.Some are very fragrantsuch as the purple-marooncoloured George.

Most flowers are purpleor bluish, but Cantab ispale blue and ‘KatherineHodgson’ has bluish whitepetals with speckles andfine lines of a deeper blue.


Weather shifting

Early flowers a sign of change

Roxanne Hooper/TIMES

Someone forgot to tell this little daffodil that Mother Nature called for snow.

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On the heels of a stellarregular season, Jeff Smithis looking to backstop thePowell River Kings through theBCHL playoffs.by Troy [email protected]

Unlike the soap opera that exist-ed with the Vancouver Canuckslast season, there is no such goal-tender controversy to speak of inPowell River.

Splitting time almost equallybetween their goaltenders, theB.C. Hockey League’s Kingscruised to a stellar 36-16-2-4 rec-ord, good for second in the IslandDivision behind Victoria.

And while Jonah Imoo enjoyeda very good season in his secondfull campaign with the Kings, with16 wins and a 2.98 goals againstaverage, rookie Smith has beennothing short of phenomenal.

Profiled in the Dec. 27 MapleRidge-Pitt Meadows TIMES[Kings puckstopper rulingBCHL in rookie year] the MapleRidge resident and product ofRidge Meadows Minor HockeyAssociation has had a freshmanyear for the ages.

Smith won the BCHL GoaltenderAward for garnering the low-est goals against average (2.25)among all of the league’s netmind-ers who have played a minimumof 1,000 minutes.

He finished the regular seasonwith second best save percentageamongst BCHL goaltenders, at.923.

Smith also tied for fifth in theleague with Coquitlam netminderGordie Defiel with 20 wins, andended up tied with three othergoaltenders for second for mostshutouts, with three clean sheetsto his credit.

Going into his first season ofjunior A hockey, Smith wasn’tsure what his role was going tobe, and the amount of success

that he’s enjoyed has been a bit ofa shock to him.

“I’m completely surprised,” hesaid. “It’s a little surreal. It’s beena great year and I’ve achieved mygoals and... exceeded my expecta-tions for myself.”

As for the two-goalie systemdeployed by Powell River headcoach Kent Lewis, Smith hastaken it in stride.

“It was pretty much, the coachwould go with whoever was play-ing well,” Smith said. “It workedout really well. It gave me achance to rest up when I neededit.”

He and Imoo like to push eachother on the ice, and are goodfriends off of it.

“We battle hard against eachother,” Smith said. “That’s howwe get better. Off the ice we’regood buddies. We support eachand get along really well.”

Lewis said with the veteranImoo being “a good teammate”there was no need to rush therookie’s development.

“They’re good together,” Lewis

added, regarding his two puck-stoppers.

However, this hasn’t been anentirely perfect year for Smith,who had to battle through a four-game losing slide in mid-February.

After carrying a 12-3-1 win/lossrecord into the Christmas break,Smith went 8-7 to cap the season.

The axiom what doesn’t kill youmakes you stronger applies here.Those dog days of February gavethe 18-year-old a bite-sized tasteof adversity, and he channeled hisfrustration in a positive direction.

“I was going through somerough times and got down onmyself, but I learned how to battlethrough adversity,” Smith said.“I had one good game and builtoff of that, and I’ve had sevenstraight starts, now.”

The most recent accolade forSmith has also shown his mentaltoughness in the playoffs.

After winning the first twogames of their best-of-seven ser-ies against the Nanaimo Clippers,the Kings lost 5-1 to the ClippersFriday at Nanaimo’s Frank Crane

Arena.During the loss, Smith – who

allowed three goals in the firsttwo games of the series – waspulled from the net in favourof Imoo after Nanaimo’s JacobHanlon scored to make it 4-0 atthe 11:58 mark of the third period.

Smith was right back in goal asthe starter on Saturday, making 29saves during a 3-2 Kings victory inNanaimo.

The teams met last night(Monday, March 10) for game fivein Powell River. It got underwayafter the TIMES went to press.

Looking back on the Kings’playoff opener against the Clipperson March 4, Smith admitted thatnerves washed over him early on.

Smith surrendered a pair of firstperiod goals but shut the doorafter that in a 3-2 Kings win.

“I was a little nervous in thefirst period, it being my first BCHLplayoff game but after that I wascompletely fine,” he said. “Mygame is more of a calm, cool, col-lective style.”

Take away his imposing 6’2”205 pound frame that doesn’tgive shooters a lot of holes to aimfor, and arguably Smith’s greatestattribute is his ability to maintainhis composure while playing inwhat many consider to be thehighest pressure position in all ofsports.

“I’m confident in my defenceand confident in myself,” he said.“I really trust my teammatesaround me and they trust me.”

“We’ve been happy with hisprogress,” Lewis noted. “Jeff’svery calm, very relaxed and pre-pared and he’s just a really nicekid. He’s calm in the net; that’swhat guys like.”

Looking ahead, Smith hassecured a NCAA scholarship withDiv. 1 Umass-Lowell, starting in2015/16, so he’s likely going toreturn to Powell River for anotheryear of junior hockey next season.

“I’d like to get a full year asstarting goalie under my belt,”Smith said.


Junior B hockey

Royal rookie key Kings’ success

Goaltender Jeff Smithhad a fine rookieyear with the PowellRiver Kings. Now, heand the Kings are inthe first round of theB.C. Hockey Leagueplayoffs, taking onthe Nanaimo Clippers.

Justin Auclair photo

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Maple Ridge Secondary Ramblersfinished first and grabbed theJunior Tier 2 field lacrosse prov-incial gold, at this past weekend’stournament.

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Westview wrapsThey missed the provincial

playoffs, but it’s been a satisfyingseason for Westview basketballcoach, Kris McMurray.

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